Archive for Tax Freedom

Nationwide Tax Protests: Party Like It’s 2007

On December 16, 2007, during the first political Tea Party in modern history, supporters of Ron Paul’s presidential campaign came together and raised over $6 million online in one day. That event is documented here.
Below is a promotional video for the Ron Paul Tea Party of 2007:

As activists across the country hold national tea parties [...]

End the Income Tax, Abolish the IRS

Ron Paul supports the elimination of the income tax and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). He asserts that Congress had no power to impose a direct income tax and has called for the repeal of the 16th Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified on February 3, 1913.
An income tax is the most degrading and [...]

Ron Paul: Income Tax = Involuntary Servitude

In his latest column, Ron Paul talks about Tax Freedom Day, a hypothetical holiday which is “celebrated” today, April 13, and symbolizes the fact that Americans are slaving away 3.5 months, or 28.2% of this year to fulfill the government’s voracious appetite for confiscatory taxes, corrupt bailouts and wasteful stimulus efforts. Ron Paul wants to [...]

Guilty until Proven Innocent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXJb-JkysEQ
Event: Financial Regulation Hearing – House Financial Services Committee
Channel: C-SPAN3
Date: 3/26/2009
Transcript:
Barney Frank: The gentleman from Texas.
Ron Paul: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Chairman in his opening statement talked about the problem being excessive leverage and I certainly agree with that and others refer to that as pure emitting of debt, and then we ran into [...]

A Call For Transparency

From “The Revolution: A Manifesto” by Ron Paul:
Judge Andrew Napolitano recently asked, ‘Why should government agents spy on us? They work for us. How about we spy on them? On cops when they arrest and interrogate people or contemplate suspending freedom; on prosecutors when they decide whom to prosecute and what evidence [...]

Big Government Responsible for High Gas Prices

by Ron Paul
In the past few months, American workers, consumers, and businesses have experienced a sudden and dramatic rise in gasoline prices. In some parts of the country, gasoline costs as much as $4 per gallon. Some politicians claim that the way to reduce gas prices is by expanding the government’s power to regulate prices [...]

Why Ron Paul Matters

Of course, we all want Ron Paul to become President, and the work that people are doing around the country to gain delegates and change party rules needs to be rigorously continued.
But the thing that encourages me most about this freedom movement is that for once the people of this beautiful country are being exposed [...]